Travel too and from Disney Cruise

[cutiger95]

We are going to finally bite the bullet and buy a 3 day disney stay and 4 night cruise.

What is the most economical way to transfer between Disney and the cruise line. The quote we have is for $250 transfer from the parks to the cruise line an d back to the parks.

Does anyone have experience with this transfer. Should we leave the car at WDW or drive down to the docks for transfer.

 

[cepmom]

last year we did 4 days at WDW, a 4 night Disney cruise, the 1 night at Universal. We found it was cheapest and easiest to rent a car for the whole 10 days and pay to park it at the port ($10/day, although I think it is now $12/day). We got a full size car from National for $173 total for 10 days (actually ended up with a minvan since they were out of full size cars when we got there)

Who did you get the $250 quote from? Are you a ready going to have a car? It is very easy to drive to the port yourselves if you are already going to have a car available to you.

 

[UMTerp]

If you really want the least expensive option, you can rent a car for one day from Budget and return it to the Port Canaveral location. They have a free shuttle to the port. When you return from your cruise take the free shuttle back to the port and pick up a one-day rental car. Drop it off at MCO.

We have used Budget for car rentals for cruises a few times.

Have fun!

UMTerp

 

[LeslieG]

We used Budget too. Picked it up at MCO, dropped it off at Port Canaveral. Took their shuttle to the port. Did the reverse after the cruise. I think last year it was about $35 for the rental each time. Pretty economical.

 

[cutiger95]

Guys thank you for the quick and responsive answers. We are driving down from South Carolina so we will have our car available for transport to the Port.

The $250 is a disney transport as this is a disney package deal.

We will definitely just drive down to the port if the fee is just $12 per day. It makes no sense to leave our car back at the park and then to leave from there on our way back.